St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-12

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increased by transient element posi-
bly, drawn here for the occasion i'll antici-
patton of a disturbance, not to b.
participated in but to be observed and
studied. Perhaps the best idea of to-
days ongoing can be conveyed to you
by record of my personal experience.
TOlerably well exhausted by the Sleep
lessness and anxiety of the night, leav-
ing the Jail at an eally hour in the morn
ing, encountering the guards of police
men, the deputy sheritfs at their various
posts of placement, after hurried toilet
and breakfast L endeavOred to return to
the Jail. l could drive only within a
block of the court house. There was
Stopped by the Outpost,
who, looking at my card. passed ME on
TO the guards stationed at the corner of
the block upon which the jail is located.
The recognition of the lieutenant in
charge was necessary there, and while
he was scrutiniZing the order of tie
sheriff | looked about There was
no crowd, no aSSemblage of any
consequence. As soon as two or three
men got together they were directed to
move on and all did so. At the iail
door passes were very carefully scrutin-
lied and after passing through the
main building, descending TO the court.
ascending the steps OH the other side
the passes were taken up and visitors
were uShered into the main Office of the
prison. 1t was not a cheerful place.
In fact | can conceive of no circum-
stance in which it would be desirable
TO spend more than minute in, but on
this occasion, packed as it was with
cigar and cigarette smokers. with a keen
breeze blowing through a portion of it.
the door being left wide open, it was
about as near in comfort as the cabin
of Fulton ferry boat, the boat being
delayed in the middle of the East river
by floating mass of ice for three or
four hours, as one can imagine Imme-
diately opposite the door of entrance
was
An Iron Grated Door
through which the curious could look
and the callouS could puff their smoke
into the space, narrow and contracted,
which separated them from the men
about to die. The men were in their
cells trying with heroic effort to be calm
and indifferent to the inevitable With
what ease they were enabled to do this
may be inferred when | tell you that
tlni ftH- .aI fnH
hum interspersed with frequent laughs
and loud calculations indicative of i'm
patience and eagerneSS on the part of
those waiting for the show to begin.
The central figures i'll and out were
Sheriff Matson, calm, dignified, SmOk-
ing; Deputy Gleason, cool, collected,
typical official; Inspector BOnfield, a
magnificent specimen of manhood.
smoking; Benjamin p. Price, clerk of
the prison and deputy jailer, courteous,
bland, helpful; Deputy Sheriff George
f. Morgan, who manipulated the tele-
phone, and Bailiff Cahill. who, fOrtu-
nately, had charge of the perfunctory
details, all of which were managed to
the complete satisfaction of all. 1t was
intimated that if l cared to see what re-
manned of Louis Lingg | could do so. l
went into the room. Clothes covered
with blood; mattress saturated; con-
fusion everywhere. In black walnut
coffin lay the horribly mangled body of
that misguided youth. He had fright
fully and fearfully destroyed his origi-
nal cOmeliness of figure, and the doctors
had butchered him mercileSsly and
needleSSly during the silent watches of
the night and
A Picture SO Terrible,
so revolving, so disgusting, if / may
without misapprehension make use of
that extreme term, was presented, not
only to me, but to scores, if not hum
dreds, of others who beSought the priv
ilege of looking at it. as must follow
fhem TO the very last daV of ther exist